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50 Of Shakespeare’s Most Famous Quotes. 1. ‘ To be, or not to be: that is the question’. (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1) 2. ‘ All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.’. (As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7) 3.
Whilst most people in the English speaking world are aware of at least a handful of famous Shakespeare quotes – phrases like ‘to be or not to be‘ and ‘et tu, Brute?‘, what’s less well known is the number of Shakespeare phrases still in common usage today.
So, from the author who famously wrote ‘never doubt that I love’, here are the all-time top love quotes from William Shakespeare: 1. ‘If music be the food of love, play on’. (Twelfth Night – Act 1, Scene 1) 2. ‘There’s beggary in love that can be reckoned’.
Hamlet may be the most quotable of all Shakespeare's plays. Read our selection of the most memorable Hamlet quotes, with links to translations and analysis. 1. Something.
The 50 Shakespeare quotes on life below are taken from across all of his many plays and sonnets. When we’re feeling cynical we often reach for this Shakespeare quote about life: “Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.”. King John.
The idiom “all the world’s a stage” has a few different meanings. On one level, it simply means that life is full of different roles that we play. We are all students, workers, parents, friends, and so on. Each of these roles has its own set of expectations and responsibilities.
Julius Caesar is a Shakespeare play with many instantly recognisable quotes – ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen’ anyone? As with so many of his plays Shakespeare brings the characters to life with fantastic dialogue and some very memorable quotes.
In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare gave the world such memorable quotes as “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet“, “parting is such sweet sorrow”, “a plague on both your houses” and dozens more. Below is our pick of the very best quotes from Romeo and Juliet, spoken by a variety of primary and secondary characters in the play.
We’ve pulled together all of the top Macbeth quotes below from primary and secondary characters – as well as a good selection from the eponymous hero and his wife – shown in order of the quote appearing in the play, listing the character speaking along with act and scene.
Here are 20 great quotes about Shakespeare from the world’s top creative minds, past and present: Ralph Waldo Emerson. “He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life. Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeare’s wit.”. . T. S. Eliot.